How your team pulls flags can make for enjoyable Saturday game of football or frustrating pull your hair out kind of day. More times than not, wins and losses in flag football will come down to the team that minimizes mistakes on flag pulling and whether or not the first defender makes the tackle. Because… Continue Reading

Flag football drill to improve agility. Challenge your players to a team goal of beating a specific time. Split the players into multiple groups and have head to head team competitions on who can finish first. Continue Reading

The video below details a youth flag football drill I run with my kids almost every practice. This flag pulling drill usually only takes about 5 minutes. Depending on the number of players in each line, the kids will each get around 8-15 chances on defense. While scrimmaging will teach your kids where to be… Continue Reading

The Gauntlet is one of my favorite flag pulling drills. During the drill, one defensive player will attempt to pull the flags of the rest of the team, one by one. You only need four cones to set up the drill. When setting up the area, I usually make the starting gates about 5 yards… Continue Reading

A couple years ago, I coached 7-9 years old for three seasons. During the first practice, I quickly realized I had 3 quarterbacks that were fairly accurate and could throw pretty deep. In the standard passing warm up drills, they could make all the throws. However, in the first few games, one throw that they… Continue Reading